{"id":27400,"date":"2013-07-30T23:44:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T19:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=27400"},"modified":"2013-07-30T23:44:33","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T19:44:33","slug":"did-galaxy-s4-start-fire-which-devastated-hong-kong-flat-owner-claims-battery-burst-into-flames-which-made-him-throw-phone-onto-the-sofa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=27400","title":{"rendered":"Did Galaxy S4 start fire which devastated Hong Kong flat? Owner claims battery burst into flames which made him throw phone onto the sofa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Samsung-Galaxy-S4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-27398\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy S4\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Samsung-Galaxy-S4.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Samsung-Galaxy-S4.jpg 634w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-468x300.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a>A fire which destroyed a Hong Kong flat started when a Samsung Galaxy S4 burst into flames, the owner has claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The man, known only as Du, says he was playing the game Love Machine when he heard a loud pop from the phone&#8217;s battery.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was so startled by the noise he instinctively threw the phone onto a sofa which promptly caught fire.<\/p>\n<p>The flames gutted his apartment, but he and his wife were able to escape.<\/p>\n<p>There have been a number of reports over the last year of Samsung Galaxy phones catching fire, although some have been linked to unofficial products.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Huffington Post, Mr Du told Chinese website Xianguo.com that his phone, charger and battery were all authentic Samsung versions.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung Hong Kong said it is looking into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, a Swiss teenager suffered serious burns when her Samsung Galaxy S3 apparently exploded in her pocket.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, an Irish Samsung S3 owner claimed his handset burst into flames as he was driving his car.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fire which destroyed a Hong Kong flat started when a Samsung Galaxy S4 burst&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":27398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,224,140,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-choice","category-news","category-region","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}